Name: Caldimonas manganoxidans Takeda et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.gan.o’xi.dans. L. neut. n. manganum, manganese; N.L. v. oxido, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, acid or sour and in combined words indicating oxygen; N.L. part. adj. manganoxidans, manganese-oxidizing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-369; HS; IFO 16448; JCM 10698; NBRC 16448

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB008801 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeda M, Kamagata Y, Ghiorse WC, Hanada S, Koizumi J. Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:895-900.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 2022 Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Caldimonas Takeda et al. 2002. Publication: Takeda M, Kamagata Y, Ghiorse WC, Hanada S, Koizumi J. Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:895-900.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Caldimonas Takeda et al. 2002

Assigned by: Takeda M, Kamagata Y, Ghiorse WC, Hanada S, Koizumi J. Caldimonas manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading, manganese-oxidizing thermophile. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:895-900.

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